Wheat — Yield in Denmark
Denmark: Wheat — Yield was 7,040 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Denmark, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — yield in Denmark stood at 7,040 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 3.2% on the previous year and down 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Denmark peaked at 8,376 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 3,670 kg/ha, in 1963.
Denmark ranks 8th of 124 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Denmark, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,120 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,183 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1963 | 3,670 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1964 | 4,226 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1965 | 4,457 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1966 | 4,275 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1967 | 4,652 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1968 | 4,814 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1969 | 4,362 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1970 | 4,486 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1971 | 4,854 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1972 | 4,394 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1973 | 4,413 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 5,350 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 1975 | 5,102 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1976 | 4,684 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1977 | 5,221 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1978 | 5,270 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 5,162 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1980 | 4,684 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1981 | 5,558 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 1982 | 6,673 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 1983 | 6,400 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1984 | 7,323 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1985 | 5,826 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 1986 | 6,168 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1987 | 5,747 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1988 | 6,752 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1989 | 7,253 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1990 | 7,418 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 7,075 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1992 | 6,151 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1993 | 6,979 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1994 | 6,495 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1995 | 7,563 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1996 | 6,986 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1997 | 7,206 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 7,248 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 7,007 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 7,480 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2001 | 7,356 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 7,034 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2003 | 7,077 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 7,141 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 7,233 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 6,996 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 6,561 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2008 | 7,864 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 2009 | 8,037 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 6,626 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 2011 | 6,467 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 7,369 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2013 | 7,299 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 7,783 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2015 | 7,953 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 7,207 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2017 | 8,241 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 2018 | 6,162 kg/ha | -25.2% |
| 2019 | 8,096 kg/ha | +31.4% |
| 2020 | 8,099 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 7,527 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2022 | 8,376 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2023 | 7,272 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2024 | 7,040 kg/ha | -3.2% |
Denmark compared with similar countries
- Denmark's 7,040 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 4,807 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Denmark's 7,040 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 4,432 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,307 kg/ha | 3,670 kg/ha | 4,814 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,893 kg/ha | 4,394 kg/ha | 5,350 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,239 kg/ha | 4,684 kg/ha | 7,323 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,013 kg/ha | 6,151 kg/ha | 7,563 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,278 kg/ha | 6,561 kg/ha | 8,037 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,320 kg/ha | 6,162 kg/ha | 8,241 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,663 kg/ha | 7,040 kg/ha | 8,376 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Denmark
- 5 Zambia 7,090 kg/ha compare
- 6 Germany 7,084 kg/ha compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2,592 kg/ha compare
- 7 Namibia 7,066 kg/ha compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 1,905 kg/ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,441 kg/ha compare
- 9 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 6,971 kg/ha compare
- 10 Egypt 6,778 kg/ha compare
- 10 United Republic of Tanzania 1,376 kg/ha compare
- 11 Belgium 6,625 kg/ha compare
- 11 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,201 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Denmark
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 37.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0117 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 900.07 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.7939 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1115 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — yield in Denmark?
- Wheat — yield in Denmark was 7,040 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 8,376 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,670 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Denmark rank for wheat — yield?
- Denmark ranks 8th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Denmark data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.